thank. god. millions of users and even global leaders flock to privacy centric messaging apps like telegrams amid concerns over data sharing that as facebook and twitter are hit by scandals over censorship. and there's anger over u.s. media suggestions that donald trump supporters are a pope who needs deprogramming like extremists. or everybody 1000000 people who were agree with un-american. and the shift in the back seat advice in norway is 13 people die after receiving the pfizer job but the country's drugs agency says it's not a long. a

very warm welcome from our team here in moscow you're watching r.t. international with me. now it's being called the largest digital migration in history millions of users are abandoning what's up over new terms which would mean users sharing more of their data with parent company facebook even global leaders are making the switch to more privacy centric rivals such as telegram looking to the train to his dimitri park. moving to greener pastures has been one of the key drivers of humanity's survival but if in the past people fled from war dictators and natural disasters today we're witnessing a very 21st century style of mass migration the already massive influx of new users to telegram has only accelerated we may be witnessing the largest digital migration in human history millions have recently chosen to ditch the old new media as

messengers and move to even newer ones like telegram or signal and there are 2 big bug bears behind the exodus privacy is the big one whatsapp snooty and see we'll see who is this little footprint shared more with parent firm facebook and who wants to open up even more of the world's most notorious data harvester 2nd as censorship triggers to recent purge of donald trump and his supporters has laid bare the capacity of the internet as gatekeepers to silence anyone they deem to be dangerous that's got other world leaders spooked a suspect the chancellor considers it problematic that the accounts of the us presidents have now been permanently blocked i don't like anybody being censored it's taking away the right to post a message on twitter facebook i don't agree with that i don't accept that 10 world leaders including the presidents of circ and brazil have already made the switch to telegram much to the appreciation of the firm's founder we are honored that political leaders as well as numerous public organizations rely on telegram to

combat misinformation and spread awareness about important issues in their societies unlike other networks telegram doesn't use opaque algorithms to decide whether a subscriber will see content they subscribe to or not as a result telegram channels are the only direct way for opinion leaders to reliably connect with their audiences the internet has represented freedom since its inception it's supposed to be a place where you can read what you want say what you want but arbitrary says. the ship and the big platforms we know which you want better than you do approach is the last straw for many not that titans are prepared to lose business to the competitors the clear and the alternatives nothing short of a threat to society before stamping them out we have always supported diverse points of view being represented on the apps too but there is no place in our platform for threats of violence and illegal activity we cannot provide services to

a customer that is unable to effectively identify and remove content that encourages our incites violence against others parlor one of the biggest alternative social networks was wiped off line in a matter of days following the capitol riots and now even telegram is facing accusations of being a haven for conspiracy theorists and far right extremists and that's despite the fact that the company recently removed dozens of groups containing calls to violence but while big to take out competitors might occasionally yield success it doesn't change the fact that social media space is evolving and fast and for many free speech will be the deciding factor in choosing a platform while turkey's envoy to the czech republic is one of the many politicians switching to the online messaging app telegram he told us people have become wary of the traditional tech giants i think in the long room facebook what's out there. by the same or brute this isn't makers have to revise the rules

because they have. in a way scared people know that there are already a lot of the. cases against them for misusing information and there are a lot of court cases but now they're making it public so in a way the secret is now coming out that the information is in you and they are actually getting your consent for it and and they have double standards if you are a what's yours or in germany you have a different conditions but if you are in russia or if you are in turkey if you go and azerbaijan if you are incorrect is that you are entitled to different rules this is not fair we now live in a global village and these kind of forms connect all of us so technology should not be discriminative technology and communication should be embracing everyone and i think if these policies are going to make people feel that

they have been isolated and they have been discriminated against. mainstream media have stepped up their attacks on all those who voted for donald trump there are calls to deprogram his supporters and some of even make comparisons with terrorists there are millions of americans i'm also worried almost all republicans. somehow need to be deprogrammed they are members of a cult we're trying to scold there are republican members of congress i know who clearly have lost their minds who just will not accept reality when it comes to the facts about donald trump i'm comparing the words of individual who would incite them radicalize somebody as osama bin laden did to what president trump did. but trump support is a questioning the mainstream media assault and say that views and opinions should be heard. we don't like their opinion and call them brainwashed i just don't agree

with them people are brainwashed by the media it to divide people the cover wait. to sin city get. freedom of speech is an american people who voted for trope wanted to change it just cannot wipe out a whole 75000000 people that don't agree with you you can vote. for whoever you want to thank you shouldn't be afraid of having people come back we all need to come together unite. hard in that they have identified trump supporters as so dangerous in groups that they have to be prevented from forming in groups for the safety of the american people there's no there's no comparable message coming from the right about the left nothing from the right that would destroy the unity that we all should have and probably wish we did have the unity

in america is long gone because the people calling for the loudest are the same people who think we should go to jail we should have our guns taken from s.s. and we are the side that is not violent while they let their side who is violent rampage around the country for almost a full year they have absolutely spoken out of both sides of their mouths on this on the left and there's going to be a political price to pay for that. health officials in no way are adjusting their coverage vaccination advice off the deaths of 13 elderly people possibly from side effects of the being given a dose of the fine as a vaccine all those who died work have home residents aged over 80. it seems that some of these patients get such severe side effects in the form of fever and malays that it can make a very serious illness even more serious which may lead to death norway launched its coded immunization program with the pfizer vaccine in late december and on

friday rolled out the madonna vaccine to nursing home residents are on the priority list since then 29 people have reported to have suffered side effects after getting the pfizer jab but the norwegian medicines regulators that it's not alarmed by the numbers saying the risks are low except among the best friends of patients and people with underlying health issues the medical and scientific splits we spoke to agree that vaccine benefits outweigh the risks but that cautions needed for the most vulnerable. if the authorities in norway believe that there may be a problem there it's right to be cautious but vaccines should only ever really be given to people who are fit and well in any case if somebody who is it seriously on the well or 'd frail they really doctors need to think about giving them a back seat and i think the pfizer vaccine is one of in terms of its

effectiveness initially at least it seems to be one of the best the vaccines on the market but how long will it last for remains to be seen but it is a good vaccine there is nothing wrong with it i don't think it's nothing to worry about i think i think that the scientists and the medical community in norway as well as the world community should look at those deaths and see if there's something that they had in common there is a concern but i think at this point there and so many people have gotten this vaccine and not had any major problems i still haven't seen any. legitimate evidence that this vaccination in the risk of the vaccination outweighs the benefit at this point. the dutch government has resigned over a scandal in which thousands of innocent families were torn apart after being wrongfully accused of child benefit forward for years and i mean now as though

heavy handed tax officials plunge households into over and forcing them to hand back welfare payments artesia dubinsky is across developments. it is already offered his resignation it to the king in the netherlands and that report said that it was both the government that he presided over this time but also the previous rigid administration that we're all partly responsible for what happened that this all began back in 2012 when parents were regarded as a tax dorothy's and this is because they had sometimes just incorrectly filled out documents so when one part of the report that said some people missed signatures almost reports now strangely enough it was families that had dual nationality that seemed to be well guarded with particular suspicion at just because that fact at one point presenting against 600 all the family says that this was ethnic profiling

now the norm was being implemented it was said paul with an eye cool meaning they were looking up 6 people while the individual circumstances family's loss that they are allowance sometimes with no reason given to them and other families who do already received benefits for being hounded then for the money to be paid back thousands and thousands of families impacted as we mentioned but the toll for many of these was that this false accusation the demands from payments for century just too much the enormous strain was one of the reasons i got divorced the tax office is very powerful without going to judge they dry you out they came to my house and took my refrigerator they took away my car they took 40 percent of my salary under the pressure of an overheated political need to fight fraud parents were falsely branded as willful proud status the victims were powerless against powerful institutions of the rule of law and did not receive the protection they deserved

well margaret day has said the buck essentially stops we've his current administration but he's not only remaining as the caretaker m.p. until it passes new code. licious 45 can happen before those elections in march but he's also going to remain his party's leader despite the fact that he says that he's sort of shame on fit this scandal that some already questioning how policy just like we don't who presided over the scandal can we're making in the journal rightly so the cabinet resigns innocent people who have been criminalized their lives destroyed and the house has been incorrectly and incompletely informed about this but it's some believe bill if those responsible continue to be in party leaders well mocker just says he will be staying on and that can take a capacity in all down mainly to maintain this situation surrounding 1000 pandemic we felt the need to step down because of the extreme seriousness of the report by the bottom of the committee and which has just started and thoroughly and

in-depth what happened and we came to the conclusion that it's an affordable and that we stepped down and at the same time that we are still capable we think with full support of parliament we respectfully ask for support requests for the support him we think we will get it and of course within the parameters of all the debates and discussions we will have respondent and to be effective in fighting to come across it well he's it may change responsibility any did seem contrite in that press conference all friday afternoon and so far his party still is polling high ahead to elections in moscow but it is yet to be seen how this scandal crucially might impact that. more stories coming up after the break.

aesop's fables caution us to be careful what we wish for because it might just come true after 4 years of donald trump the democrats a triumphant lee retaking power in the united states is not a cause for celebration or concern. so let's not pretend for a change of traits or that you're being silenced steve just your cases are popular with me as you call the fun in that fight for a general audience don't complain when they're all stupid racists. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world the politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then.

welcome back it's been a show of military might from north korea a massive parades being held in the capital to mark the end of the ruling party convention rows of marching soldiers were on display as well as i think a new submarine launched ballistic missile north korean media called the well it's most powerful weapons though western experts are still divided on how much of a threat they could pose we spoke to are it's iraq erik's or what's good for lawyers for peace and demilitarize ation in korea for his. or her year we see

weapons receive messages being sent in this scenario i'm sure they wanted to say we're all here america and you're going through a lot of struggle right now at the capitol with the changeover of the elections and they want to be seen and heard heard from so i'm sure it's a message that we we have these weapons remember we need to deal with this and hopefully. it could be moved into a realm of discussing peace rather than sort of the ring the kinds of conflicts that have occurred over the last decades the time has come to sign a peace agreement that talks it's a non-aggression pact it's in agreement to exchange and the seeds to have someone on the ground who will step out every single day and be working on building relationships and dialogue breaking down the misperceptions and fears

without that we can move forward. hundreds of asylum seekers have gone on hunger strike with some even attempting suicide over desperate conditions at a temporary camp in southern england why scripts warn that the former army barracks are worse than a prison overcrowding there has also left refugees terrified of catching covert so he added star she reports. napier barracks a former military site in folks in kent now uses temporary accommodation for around $400.00 male asylum seekers has reached boiling point the men inside have taken to the streets surrounding the barracks in protest over grim conditions they are living in and painful uncertainty about their futures hunger strikes demonstrations

even sleeping outside of their last resort it is very cold some are protesting about the food some are protesting for transparency from the home office they need news about how long we're going to stay in this post you know we have no idea of our future but we lost hope and we are desperate i have been here for 3 months and i feel really bad 14 people in one room people are breathing on each other there is no privacy the room is separated by a partition we have to share toilets and it only has to cubicles between people there are reports of a number of suicide attempts inside including one just days ago with victims being returned to the barracks shortly after. one being so. follow the rules. you follow.

us we thought and they we turned him back now. years roll. looking up and noted last month. wright who. was. at it seems like conditions have only become less since my last visit just 2 months ago when it was clear something was very wrong there were already accounts of poor hygiene and out of order facilities as well as a the crowded rooms if they couldn't breach of the government's own cave it regulations and now allegations of positive cases inside i would assume that the government is breaking its own law on the on the basis of that we are no in a position or severe lockdown conditions new variant is highly infectious yet for some reasons do do you have salim seekers have some sort of forcefield that protects them from colbert you know why are they being treated in such a manner why are they being you know what i can only regard as you know

a petri dish for the spread of corona virus if you have one person was to contact co but it was spread like wildfire those in the barracks continue waiting for a response to the applications to stay in the u.k. some have been at the temporary site since it opened in september human rights lawyers say it's totally unsuitable we find time and same again the whole base of the u.k. government is repeatedly you know breaking the law it's repeatedly breaking health and safety regulations and they've created a climate of fear and a barbaric institution the houses asylum seekers in such conditions and it's not acceptable in any civilized society but the home office denies these claims it says it is providing cave it's a kill safe accommodation as well as offering support to those who need it the government takes the wellbeing of asylum seekers extremely seriously we've tried to sayas seekers a safe warm coat. which secure a suitable commendation where they receive 3 meals a day whilst the claims are being processed despite the government's promise that

help is available at any hour they have been claims that vulnerable asylum seekers have enjoyed long wait times to get in touch which could be fatal the home office may claim it's offering a decent standard of support but the warning signs have been there since napier opened its doors and without any political will to effect change it seems that for these men the situation will only get worse shouted at woodstock r.t. u.k. despite the condemnation there are plans to extend another prison staff facility in england minister as well and prefabricated housing to the yarl's wood center to hold up to 200 migrants a former vice chairman of the european council on refugees and exiles says the government does have other options. there are a large number of hotels which of course at the moment are vacant a number of tourists are very diminished because of the lockdown as a result of the pandemic and so this accommodation is available and in fact the

home office has contract it with some hotel operators to provide accommodation this way and frankly they need to do more of providing that kind of reasonable standard of accommodation hoteliers now are desperate to have their rooms occupied in any way they can and so they are prepared to take far lower prices than they might otherwise charge to people who come there as tourists and so therefore the government can get some pretty good deals with hotel operators. gemini's ruling party is due to elect its new leader this weekend the when i is the christian democrats the ballot is likely to become the next chancellor when anglo american with term expires in october piece all of a breakdown the candidates. the c.d.u. party the christian democratic union will elect

a new leader this weekend it will see who should be the next contender to be the chancellor of germany who will replace until america when she steps down she confirmed again during her new year's address that she would not be running for the chancellorship in september's vote we had heard from her 1st way back in 2018 saying she wasn't going to stand again this 4th term is my last as german chancellor and the 2021 problem and a real action i will not put forward my candidacy for the chancellor she began so who's in the running to replace a well be leader of the state of north rhine-westphalia english shot at 59 years old he's a real big ally of angular merkel very much seen as the continuity counted it then there's friedrich minutes at 65 the oldest in the running he is a multi-millionaire corporate lawyer a long term rival of. then there's nobody to get 55 the youngest in the

race and he is currently the chairman of the foreign affairs committee and certainly knows his way around the bundestag he's been a member of the parliament since 1994 let's have a listen to what all of the candidates have to say ahead of this weekend's conference i stand for everyone and i think that those who did not vote for me if i am elected will also be able to live with me and accept me do we want to continue to play in a regional leak every country for itself or do we want to play champions league to play a role in the world. what i bring is government experience disapprove big federal state balancing different interests and perhaps this doesn't hurt for a city you would have already won the election however whoever wins the c.d.u. leadership may not end up standing for chancellor what we're seeing is what's being called a shadow campaign ran to push forward the leader of the state of bavaria on the

leader of the christian democratic so unions sister party the christian social union marcus zone then this health minister yen spawn he's being touted as a potential outside bet to run as chancellor what we will know is who will lead the c.d.u. party over this weekend we may well have to wait until around the beginning of march to find out exactly who will be the content and from that party from the c.d.u. c.s.u. group to stand as the replacement for angle merkel thanks for joining us here on r.t. enter national and i forget you can have your say on any of our stories by following us and thanks for media leaving a comment that that's all for me for today based on thomas will be with me with the latest in 30 minutes.

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a traditional participatory democracy is a power line with the people this case demonstrates that struggle in very real ways . a struggle on r.t. . pay folks next up on that a smaller plus $16.00 time w w e e world champion stone cold steve austin he's now got a show over on the usa network kind of an interesting concept goes out to small towns with people are laid low now by cobe it shuts them up and i see season to brett farve ice to great guest list we'll talk to steve austin right after the site but it's miller plus one.